iThe Forest Republican It published every Wednesday, by J. E. WENK. Office in Smearbaugh & Co.'i Building KLM STREET, TIONESTA, TA. Tcrnii, - SI.oo lor Vonr. No mlxierlpUonj received for a thortor period than throe month". Correspondence solicited from nil p.irti of 11)8 country. No notio. will bo taken of anonymous oommunioatlons. RATXS Or ADVERTISING! r On. Srara, on Inoh, an. InrUom. .9 1 J On. Hquarvt on. Inoh, on. month. . . 0 On. Bqnar, on. inoh, thrM month. . 0 On. Hqu.iv, on. Inch, on. J mr ..... , 1 W Tiro HquarM, on. y.ar 15 00 Quartor Column, on. Tar... ......... 00G Halt Column, on. y.r 80 ? On. Column, on. 100 V Lfl ftdTM-tiumxita Urt eat. pw itam seen iamrtkm. Marriages and oWh nottc. grtf. . All bill, for jmtIt ad verti..mnt quarterly. Temporary idrwUnmoli MM b. paid in adrmnofc j Job work omdi oa deHvsry. g REPUBLICAN. H OR VOL. XXVIII. NO. 18. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895. S1.00 PER ANNUM. EST Our colleges Lave at least $100,000, 000 whonco thoy dorive tho incomo for tboir support. Tho Now York Hun wants tbo namo of tho city changed to Manhattan, which, it think", would moan some thing. Colonol Waring, of New York, states that ho can clean asphalt for two thirds tho cost of cleaning granito blocks imperfectly. In tho Loo Choo Islands in tho Faciflo, though there are noithcr ve hioloi nor publio lighting, tho inhab itants have lotter boxes and telephones. Tho fruit and market garden busi ness of the South now brings iuto that section 850,000,000 a year and tho Atlanta Constitution predicts that in tho noxt fow years it will bo doublod. Rocent statistics show, especially in European countries, that the number of horses used in cities and ton ns in creases every year in a more rapid proportion than tbo population of tho same, and is owing, no doubt, to the greater number of publio conveyances and the trafSo steam and elootrioitr bring. The Soldiers' Colonization Com pany, of Indiana, has just bought 113,000 acres of land in Wilooi and Irwin Counties, Georgia, It is esti mated, in the Now York Tribune, 'that 6000 families, or about 30,000 per sons, will sottlo within tho next two years on the land which has boen bought It is tho intention of tbo col onies to settle on farms of sizes ac cording to their means. They expect to be prepared out of their present savings and resources to tide over tho period between this harvest season and the next. In addition to farmers, tho oolony will include artisans, fruit growers and others seeking more fav orable labor, climate and health con ditions. Tbey will oome from Ohio, Indiana, llliuois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and other Western States. The company purchasing the prop erty is a joint stock organization formed sovoral years ago, and num bering about 700,0 stockholders. As ' sossmcnts havo boen paid in at inter vals, and the stockholders will con tribute their paid-up shares in pur chase of farms in the seotion bought by the company. Report is mndo of a new application of electricity which will drive a flrst class ocean steamer aoross the Atlantio at an expenditure of 8200, whereas it now costs 810,000. It is a tale' of magnitude, surpassing thtt of the Australian kangaroo, whioh is larger than the animal it grows out of, but there may be soinethintr in it. So many wonders have been wrought with this unseen, mysterious forco mat mo promise or a new ono, no matter how great, need not exoito in credulity. It is reasonable to expeot it to be applied to tbo propulsion of all sorts of craft, oooaa or other, but such a saving of expense as that prom ised is beyond anything heretofore dreamed of, and there may be somo mistake about it. Its economies need not be so cxtroiao to enable it to rev olutionize the coumeroe and business of the world. One thing about the electrical force is apparent, and that is that its work is only begun. It is to spread through tho whole system of man's activities around the world, with influences upon his career and destiny not yet measured or nieasur able. Aocording to tho Now York World the farmer who Los hay to sell this year will find it a paying crop, and generally through the States east of theAlleghanies there has been enough rainfall to bring the yield nearly to the average. But in tho valleys of the Ohio, the Upper Mississippi and the Missouri a iefloiency of from six to eleven inches in the rainfall during the spring months has made the grass crop unusually short, a large propor tiou of the meadows being soaroely worth outting. Tho hay crop of last year was nearly eleven million tons less than the crop of 1893, and the prospect of another and much greater deficiency in the marketable surplus has put a fancy price upon the avail able supply out West. Farmers can generally provide for home use a cub stitate in the form of oorn fodder, or eke out a defioienoy of clover and tim othy by turning under winter wheat stubble and sowing millet. But shortage in the hay orop is a big loss to the Country. The farm value of this crop of 1893, aooording to the statistiean of the Agricultural De partment, was 8370,832,872, or moro than twice the farm value ol last year's wheat crop and 810,000,000 mora than tbevftluo of list year's cam ioj). UP OAR RET, What a world of fun wo had, You a loss and I a lad. Up garret! In the sweet mysterious dusk, ltedolont of mint and musk. With the herbs strung overhead, And the "peppers" stiff and red, And, half hidden hy dangling corn, Grandpa's flask and powder-horn! Rueh a store of treasures rare AVe wore sure of fludlng thoro, Up garret. Iliits and coats of pattern quaint; Dark old pnlntlngs blurred and fnlnl; Hplunlng-whoels, whoso gossip-whir Might have startled Anron Burr; Old laeo enps of saffron uuo: Dishns splnshol with villus I 'inn. You in trailing silk worn dressed. 1 wore graudpa's figured vest, Up gnrrot. H. wo stood up, hushed and grnnd, And were married, hand in hand, While tho tull-casod clock behold, As it doubtless did of old. When at great-grandfather's sldo Blood his blushing Qunker bride. Furnished ready to our hand Was tho cony homo wo planned. Up garret. Chairs that any modern bulla Would pronounco"nntluuonud swell;0 Chests and dresses Unit would vie With tha grandest you could buy. Ah! they didn't know it then Have the little maids and men. All d.y long iu childish wlso We spun out life's mysteries, Up garret. In tho fragrant, splcv gloom Of that dear old raftered room. Oh, that life in very truth Were but sweet, protracted youth, And wo all might play our parts With unwearied, happy hearts! Harper's Bazar. HOMER GILBERTS LUCK. N the littlo town of Pnente, Col., lives Homer Gilbert, a queer old man, who ekes out a living by growing garden truck for Los An geles. No man in that section lives a more modest, quiet life- than he, and hardly anybody who sees him among his cabbage and parsnips, on tho outskirts of the town, would im agine that forty years ago ho was fa mous among tho gold seekers and for tune makers in tho Eldorado in cen tral California for his luck and riches. in tnose clays no was Known among miners in that Mate as Hobnail Gil bert. . Homer Gilbert oamo to tho Paoifio coast from Brooklyn in 1851. lie was a young man, full of vigor and vim, but bad not a dollar to his nanio and no trado or profession. For several weeks he knocked about San Fran cisoo at odd job;, blackinv shoes, ped dling fruit, working in eating houses and along the docks in the city. Every body was wild over tbo news ot the wonderful woalth that was washed from the earth in tho canons aud mountains. All who could got away to the mines had loft tho city, and there was a great demand for inechun ics, eipecially carpenters. Gilbert had no money for mining, so ho be catno a carpenter without a day's pre vious experience. Iu a few duys ho had got so far in his new trade as to buy tools, and in a month he was earning 812 a day as a woodwalk builder among the sand hills, which is now the centre of business iu San Franoisoo. One morning Gilbert read in a news' paper of the arrival at Pan Francisco of an English ship with a cargo of miners' tools and goneral hardware, which was to be sold at auotion on the wharves. He decided to speoulute a little, and ho attendod the auction for several drys. The pickaxes, shovels, and washpaus were bought quickly by the hardware dealers and speculators at prices that disoouraged Gilbert from making a bid. Finully a great quantity of hobnails was put up. The speculators did not seem to waut them, and the bidding was low. Gil bert thought he saw his opportunity and be bid off 300 ponnds of the nuils for 8U00. When he had paid for the nails he had about 8100 left. With this money ho bought two mules, a camp outnt, and some provisions. racking the nails aud the other stun on ono of the mules, ho started for the mountains. The Sierras were alive with prospco tors and at the end ot the first week out Gilbert rode iuto a camp kuowu as Little Jim. Gilbert joined tho camp, and offered to sole aud heel the miners' boots with imported nulls. For each nail he got ono bit or 12 cents. Money was easier to get ut Little Jim than shoes tnose days, and, as the nails protected the soles of the boots from tho grave), the miners readily fell in with Gilbert's plau. For a month he had all tho work he could do, and at the end of that time he found he bud accumulate! gold dust worth 820U0. lie still had more than 200 pounds ot nails, aud, satis fied with the scheme he adopted, be moved his cobbling outfit to unotber caiup, where the same prosperity at tendod him. It was eight months be fore Gilbert's nails gave out. As thev grew scaroe he increased tbo price ii'i til during the lust month the miners were paying 50 cents each for hob nails. In eight months Gilbert bad 825,000. By this time he had become thoroughly imbued with the gold fever, and in company with a prospec tor uained Hendricks he set out uu a prospeoting tour, goiug over iuto the western edge of Alpino County, Hen tlriolti wait youug Euglishwau who had reached tbo mountains with con siderable money in his pockets, but had met with hard luck, and when picked up by Gilbert ho was dead broke. For six months the mon prospected tbo gulches with but littlo suocess. Tbey finally pulled up stakes and moved into Nevada County, whoro they mined with good luck. Early in the fall of 1H53 Gilbert fell ill of fever. Hendricks had studied medicine, but before completing his medical educa tion ho had got the gold crazo and came to California. He nursed Gil bert as best be could, but the man grew worse steadily. Hendricks knew an herb that he had noticed growing a couple of miles up the ravine that, if steeped, would perhaps help the sick man. One morning ho left tbo cabin to get somo of this herb. Wbilo away a tcrrifio thunder storm came up and the littlo stroam that ran through tbo gulch began to rise. Knowing how rapidly these mountain streams rifto in a storm, and fearing for tho safety of Gilbert, as the cabin stood on tho bank of the creek, Hendricks hurried bock. Tbo water roso very rapidly, and, though Hendricks ran as fast as tho nature of the ground would permit, the flood outstripped him. When ho came within sight of the cabin it was half under water, and tbo torrent threatened every instant to oarry it away. One end of tbo building stood against an immense oak tree with spreading limbs. By climbing an other tree Hendricks got into tho oak. About two feet above the roof of the cabin a btrong limb grew out. From this limb Hendricks doscendod to the roof, aud as it was composed of brush and dirt, he quickly i tamped a holo through it. Tbo water had risen in tho bouse nearly to tho bottom of the bunk iu which Gilbert lay. Hen dricks dropped insido, and, with tbo water up to his armpits, wrapped Gil bert iu blankets, fastened a rope se curely around his body, threw the other end over the limb, and hauled him up. Ho was a strong man, aud as Gilbert had been greatly emaciated by the fever, it was not hard to haul biiu up to tbo limb and secure him at a safe height in a fork of the tree Lashed to the tree, the sick mau faced the storm. The cabin, protected by the truuk of tho oak, stood fast, but a boulder, set loose by tho flood, rolled down tho gulch and crashed through tho sido of tho building. When tho storm had exhausted its force, tho creek fell to its normal pro portions, and Hendricks got Gilbert to the ground, whero he made him as comfortable as possible. Contrary to Hcndrick's expecta tions, the sick man soon showed siguj of meuding, and iu two weeks he wa onco moro on his feet. The hob knocked in tbo side of tho cabin bj the boulder had let in saud aud gravel, and tho building was half full o wreckage when tho water subsided. Many tools, cookiug utensils auc other things were coverod by the sand und when Gilbert was well enough tbi men began tho work of digging out their property. The peculiar appear anco of tbo iMrt attracted Gilbert's at tention, and he washed out somo oi it. It proved to bo rich with gold, nud from tho dirt in tbo cabin several thousand dollura' worth of dust was taken, besides a nugget of gold quart? that weighed more thau twenty-three ounces. Gilbert concluded that there must bo a rinu spot up the gulch some where, aud he set out prospecting for it. In throo days ho uncovered the placer that became well known as the Big Pay and was Bold for SIOJ.OOO, Gilbert and Hendricks dividing tho money equally. With his share Gilbert went back to San Francisco at the age of twenty eight, worth about SSO.OJO. He grub staked four men in a now aud unknown mining region of Placer Conuty, aud invested his wealth in real estate iu San Francisco. One of the men whom he hud grubstaked struck it rich in about a year, aud he and Gilbert sold out for 810,000. Iu less than a mouth more lurther developments ou tue mi no proved that its wealth had been exhausted nud it was valueless. In the summer of 1853, when Gilbert was thirty years old, Gilbert turned his property into inonoy aud deposited in D. O. Mills's bank 8123,000. Ho had decided to go buck to his home iu Brooklyn with that sum aud astonish bis relatives nud friends with his wonderful fortune. As he was about to sail from Panama he met a man from Australia who persuaded hiin to go back to Brooklyn by sailing arouu 1 tho world iu order to impress his family more with his wealth aud tho extent of bis travels. Gilbert got as fur aiAustrlia, wbera he remained several months, He be came infatuated with tbo gambling games of tbut new ecu d try, aud did uot give up playing uutil he was penni less. In a few years he got back to California, but affairs hud changed so much uud businesi bal baoo:ue so established tbut he found ho had no opportunity to pile up auother for tuue. Ho weut out iuto the mount ains of Contra Costa County aud lived there alone for years. Tbeu he drifted down to Southern California. Ho has not meutioned minus or gambling iu thirty years. Occasionally bo is visited by somebody who knew him iu the fifties, but ho never will say a word bout the, old timed. New York Suu. Polish Way ot Expresfi.ig CrVllulr. Xu liuuulo, JN. l., tue ot.i r day, a Polo whoso life was saved .by Alduruiuu Joun Sbeehun express! his pr.itof ill ness to the Alderman by cilliu ; at hn pluca of bubiaess uud offerirr? 'tis res cuer one of bis baby sous. Iuj -i.acr- mau declined the profferod gift with thanks, lue l'olu suid til it was tuo only way tin could fittingly express Uii gratitude, but tnu Alduruiuu was firm, aud the grutoful mau retvrqed homo it'i bis iufuut i-u'i, THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BT THE FUNNY MEN OP THE PRESS. Pastoral A Victim of Circum stancesAn I'npardonable Error 1005, A. !., Etc., Etc. Tho fishing sonson safely yields A Joyful, restful calm And the city dog takes tc th fields To catch a mess of lamb. Cleveland Plain Dealer. AS rNPABDONABIiE EIWOH. Miss Gotham "I believe Bbe is very highly educated." Miss Backbay "Sho can't be ; why, she pronounces tho 1 in golf." Brook lyn Eagle. EXPLAINED. Sympathetic Friend "How did yon come to be so horribly mangled?" Victim "Tho trolley oar that hit me was equipped with tho very latest improvement in fonders. A VICTIM Or CIRCUMSTANCES. Mrs. Jones "It is strange that a strong man like you cannot getwork." The Tramp "Well, yer tee, mum, people wants reference from me last employer, an' he's been dead twenty years." Puck. A IiONELYWOOD SURE THING. Jonesloy "Where do you think this 'ere new well you want me to dig ought to be, anyhow?" Mr. Commuter (confidently) "In the cellar. I know we can strike water there." Judge. 1995, a. i. Visitor "Got auythin' worth seein' in your show?" Museum Muuager "We got the man what never rode a bicycle." Visitor (with excitemont) "Gimmo a ticket 1" Chicago Record. NOT free ENoran. Wobbley Wiggles --"Do you believe in free silver?" Wiggley Waggles "Yes, but I don't see much of it ; whenever I mako a brace on do street de most I ever gets is a nickel." Brooklyn Eagle. TOOK HIM AT HI? WORD. Brace "I like a joke, but printing a leiiow s death notice is carrying a joke too far." Bagley "Didn t you say you would pay me (Saturday night that five you borrowed, if yon wero alive? l uck. THE DIFFERENCE. Mistress (to her domestio) "I sup pose you girls talk about each other just the same as we ladies do about persons in our set?" Domestio "No, mum, we mostly talks about tue mistresses. Uoaton Transcript WHAT SHE NEEDED. Madam "No, we do no cooking in the bouse here. 1 only drink milk. take a cup of milk every two hours." The Newly Hired Servant "Well, madam, I do not see why you need me. What madam requires is a cow." La Vie Parisienne. NO LONOEn A CRIME. Tourist (in Oklahoma) "Horses are pretty cheap here nowadays, aren't they?" Alkali Ike "Cheap? They are so blamed cheap that when wo capture a horse thief wo send him to the lunatio asylum instead of lynubin' him." Puck. couldn't blow ir out. "I am the Cheerful Idiot," remarked the new arrival. "I am sorry, sir," said the hotel clerk ; "but we are lighted with eleo trioity throughout." "Neyer mind," rejoined the other, as he registered ; "I shall manage some way." Puck. L'NFL1TTERIN3. Little Johnny "Mrs. Talkemdown paid a big compliment to mo to-day." "Mother "Did she really? Well, there's no denying that woman hoe sense. What did she say?" Little Johnny "She said sho didn't see how you came to havo such a nice littlo boy as I was." Good News. A RETURN FIRE. Conoeitod Dude "I am looking for Farmer Huckleberry's. Havo you sense enough to tell me where ho lives?" Irish Boy "It's mesilf who has since ennff ter tell yez ; but it's nioigbty doubtful I bo whether yez have since euuff ter understhund." Harper's Weekly. A CHANCE FOU A DARK HORSE. Sister May "I think if you should propose to Grace she would accept you." Brother Jack (eagerly) "Do you? Has bhe said auything?" Sister May "No; but I know she was deeply iu lovo with Hurry Max well, and his engagement lias just been announced. "- Brooklyn Life. UNABLE TO OIIL1UE. "Excuse me, sir," suid tho man in the row behind, "but would you mind asking your wife to remove her bat? I assure you that I cannot see a thing on tho stage." "I'd liko to obligo you, sir, but it is impossible," suid the man ad dressed. "We live out of town, and we must get home to-night." "What has tbut got to do with it?" "What bus tbut got to do with it? Why, our tram goes twenty minutes aft' r Hie en I of tho performance, aud it iiu.tNlur :i boiwtjjiit tbiit Lai t'U." ilitrj-a'i' I'm.tr, SCIENTIFIC AXD INDUSTUIAL. I TheYerkes teloscopo will bring tho moon with fifty miles of Chicago. It is estimated that 90,000 conver sations tako place daily over tho tele phones in New York City. The "dumb piano" is a now inven tion on which young ladies can learn musio without making any sound. The common toad catches its insoct food by darting out its tongue so rapidly that the eye cannot follow tho movement. Two fine cobras, the first ever brought alive to this country, have ar rived at the Philadelphia Zoological Garden from India. In an experiment with electricity as a motive power on the Nantasket (Mass.) Beach Road a speed of eighty miles an honr is said to have been at tained. The hygienic congress at Buda-Pesth brought out the fact that there are four times as many men who stammer as there are women who are bo af flicted. A Boston philanthropist has pur chased 5000 acres of land on which ho will erect 500 cottages for consump tives, who will be furnished easy em ployment. The Manchester (England) health officer says that ho finds the death rate of the Hebrews living in the slums there as low as in the healthiest towns of England. This he attributes to their cleanliness. About eight miles from Benson, Arizona, are vast ledges of silica, which supply the Bisbeo works with several carloads a week. They use it for lining the converters. The ledges are forty feet high and sixty feet wide, and the quantity seems inexhaustible. A new invention has been designed to prevent collisions at sea. At a re cent test the forco from ulectro-mag-nectio coils stationed ou board a ves sel successfully influenced a chemi cally prepared compass stationed somo six miles away, causing it to sot up au instantaneous peal of bells. Belladonna is a preparation from the deadly nightshade, a plant familiar to most persons from being frequently seen as an ornamental shrub in the flower girden. All parts of the plant are actively poisonous, and many fa talities have resulted from the leaves or berries being incautiously chewed or eaten by children or even adults. A blast of 1100 pounds of dyna mite in twenty-seven holos was made reoently at a quarry near Pro vidence, It. I., blowing off the face of a cliff and dislodging about ten thou sand tons of atone, some of the blocks weighing nearly twenty-five tons. The holes wore twenty feet deop and the work of drilling is said to have cost $1000, with 8250 more for the ex plosive. A Dog Protector. People who are habitual dog haters should read with somo care an incident of life in Newark, where a pet dog led a distracted mother to her littlo two-year-old, which bad strayed from home. Tbo dog had kopt near the child until the stupid individual into whose bauds the child had falleu Rturted a crowd of boys off with it to drown it, ou account of its Btrauge ac tions. Tho mother came up just iu time to rescue tho dog and then it iu turn took her to where the child was. The only thing the matter with the dog was that it wautol to protect its littlo mistross. Nine-tenths of tho time dogs that aro simply overheated, fatigued or thirsty are sot upon by u wild crowd of human beings, who go into a panic evory tiino a dog pants and are ready to kill every iuuoceut animal on general suspicion. Hydro phobia is bad enough, but it is a rare disease, while the ignorant dog hater is ever with us. Give the dogs a chance. Philadelphia Press. The llk'vcle Lamp. "There is a fortune- awaitiug tho man who c:iu invent a really good bi cycle lamp," said the instructor. "The best one made is the soarchliht, which ouuuot be bought for less than 85 ; it is the only ono iu whioh kero sene can bo burned, sperm oil being usud in tho others. The great a Want age of the soarohlight is that it h lesj liublo to go out iu running aoross car tracks, ruts or rough places, but a sudden jerk often extinguishes tho light in this, as well as iu tho cheaper nud loss ingenious lumps. The truth of tho business is if cyclists could buy a well perfected lump there would be uono of these arrosts of porsous for riding without lumps. Limits cost all the way from 81-5'J up to 87, and will hold euougb oil to burn about lour hours." Scieutilio Americuu. Future Milder iroiu America. "Within tweuty-five yoarg America will be furuishiug the singers of thj world," said an enthusiastic follower of the diviuo art, with whom I was talking, the other day. "Singers are growing up all around us," she added, "uud tho schools ure full of really wonderful voices. Our chief weak ness is iu tho wuy of teuors. We do not seem to get greut tenor voices, l'crhups it needs a mouutuiuous couu try to produce them a country like Switzerland, which has brought out so inanv phenomenal teuors." New York World. . liiifialo Cruised Willi Uslloway t'ultlc. In crossing tho bufiulo with tho Galloway cuttle, a splendid coat is produced. The hides of Gulloway cattle of pure breed are excellent for ull purposes for which buffalo hides were aforetime used, but some breed ers are of the opinion that by careful selection aud breeding uu iutiuitely better grade cuu bo produced than cveu the primitive buffalo ut his best e.-tuto wan able to furuioh. New York Kiodgor, WISE WORDS. A wise hunter takes tho first Bhot. Happiness rarely comos by saying iso. Love isn't a fool it only acts that waj-. A narrow mind naturally has a cut ting way. Among animals tho fox is a leader of course. Nothing is more difficult than to choose a good wife. It is better to pursue a vigorous policy on a retreat. Too many peoplo in tho world are siuging for an encore. The modern martyr seeks to break himself on tho "wheel." As a living picture, tho nervous man is a sort of flashlight. Few men aro bo hardened as to not be sorry ior tho other fellow. A man has to get quite old to for get what a foolish boy ho was. The fisherman may bo justified in telling a story with a string to it. The man who says ho "has a mind to" sit on a jury may bo doubted. Prayer too often fails to.preservo the parity between the heart and the mouth. Philosophy teaches us to bear with calmness the misfortunes of our friends. The rudest man inspired by passion is more persuasive than the most elo quent man if uninspired. Women are happier in tho love they inspire thau in that which they feel; men are just the contrary. Homing Pigeons In the Navy. When tbo Naval Reserves of Cali fornia went on their annual cruise tho other day on the United States crniscr Olympia a number of homing pigeons were taken aloug. These birds wero liberated at frequent intervals and brought detailed reports ashore of what was going on aboard ship. Tho birds for this purpose were furnished by a San Francisco fancier, but the Government has birds euough of its own for tho purpose aud would have furnished somo of them for the Olym pia it that cruiser's officers had asked for them. The San Francisco experiments demonstrated anew the value of having homing pigeons for carrying messages from sea to land. The United States army and navy officers already nndor stand how important this feature will be in time of war, and are trying hard to induce the Government to establish a regular pigeon messenger servioe and to make a suitablo appropriation for it. Lofts aro maintained at Federal forts in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. At Annapolis is tho best equipped station in the country. It is connected with the Naval Aca.le my, and is in chargo of Professor II. Marion. Pigeons from this loft are frequently scut to sea on cruisers and prove useful. Once a seaman was killed ou board the Constellation when the vessel was about twelve miles out at sou. Two birds were liberated bearing messages which toll of tho accident and ttatel that tho body would bo sent ashore iu a steam lauueh. Later on the weather became unfavorable aud two moro birds were sent out with messages ask ing that the Standish be sent for the body. Tho birds wero liberated at ti o'clook, aud at noou of tho same day the Standish was alongsido the Con stellation and bad brought tho four birds back.- New York Press. Oheyliig Orders. Here is a good story which tho boys in camp will appreciate, told lust night at the Army aud Navy Club. It illus trates an Irishman's disposition to carry out his orders, llu jh Me , a son of the Emerald Isle, who haj vol unteered iu the Sixth Regiment of South Carolina Infantry, was stationed ou the beaoh of Sullivan's Island, with strict orders to walk between two points, and to let no one pass without the countersigu, and that to be com municated only iu a whisper. Two hours afterward the corporal with tho relief discovered by the moonlight, Hugh, up to his waist iu water, tho tide having set in since he was posted. "Who goes there?" "Relief." "Hult, relief. Advauce, Corporal, aud give tho countersign." Corporal "I am not goiug iu there to be drowned. Come out here uud let me relievo you." Hugh "Not an iueh ! Tho Lef tenaut tould mo not to lave me post." Corporul "Well, then, I will leave you in the wuter ull night" ('joiug away as he spoke). Hugh "Halt! I'll put a hole iu ye if ye pass without the countersign. Them's mo orders from the lelteuaut." (Cocking and leveling his guu.) Corporal "Confound you, every body will hear it if I buwl it out to you." Hugh "Yes, mo darling, aud tho lefteuuut said it must be ivou iu a whisper, iu with ye, mo linker's ou the trigger aud me guu may gooff." The corporul hud to yield to the force of the argument uu 1 wade in to tho fuithful suutiuel, who exclaimud : "lie Jubers, it's well yo'vu come. Tho bloody tide has a-iuost drowued me." Wathiugtou Post. Accurate Test lor litmus ;.vu. An accurate scieutitle method has been discovered for distinguishing precious gems from fraudulent imita tions. It is known that scale, how ever delicutely constructed, are not always reliable. The now method con sists iu flouting the stone to be teste! iu a very dense liquid. Sevorul liquids used in tho experiments ure more than three and a half times us dense as wuter. - Tho liquids ure not C'Tro ive or Hi nuy way ilfiugenu, LOVE IS A COD. Love is no bird that nests and flic. Nor rose that buds nnd blooms and die ', No star that shines nnddi.-nppears. No fire whose ashes strew the ynr-;; Love is the god who lights tho slur, Makes music of the lark".- desire; Lovet"lls the rose what frfitmes are. And lights and feeds the ileatlil'-ts lire. Love is no joy that dies npaee With tho delight of dear embrace; Love is no feast of wine nud bread, lted-vlntaged and gold-harvested: Lovo is tho god whose touch divine On hands that clung aud lips that kissed, lias turned life's common bread nud wine Iuto tho Holy Eucharist. HUMOR 01' THE PAY. Truth is not stranger than good fic tion. Puck. Cultured peoplo aro peoplo who know how to look at von without see ing you. Galveston News. Mary had a little lamb: With her it used to stray. But It lied when Mary read her pleco , , On graduation dav. Washington Star- Ransom "Women aro wedded to fashion." Ramson "Yes, and they love, honor and obey it, too." Tit Bits. Man with tho gloomy liver, Cease to deplore thy fate; Get out toward the riv r And go to digging bait! v; Atlanta Constitution. , Kate Field tells tho girl graduates that cooking is the alphabet of their happiness. Muuy of thetn never got any further than let her be,. Lowell Courier. Tommy's Pop "Why is it tho little boy who lives across tho street seems to have no friends?" Tommy "Why, his father's a baseball umpire." Philadelphia Record. Casey 'That made Mulligan full off de ladder? Did his fut shlip?" Roilly "It did not. Oi told him a joke an hour ago, an' suro ho jist new tumbled." Philadelphia Record. I love to swing upon tho gate, Hnv, Just nt eventide; That is, it It will bear tho weight Of some one else beside. -New York Herald. Priuoipal (to now apprentice) "Has the bookkeeper told you what yon havo to do in tho afternoon?" Youth "Yes, sir. I was to waken him when I saw you coming. " Da heim. Lumloigh "What niukes you think young Phether Waite is a drummer for a bicycle concern ?" Chnmloigh "Anybody can boo that. He car ries samples in his heal." New York World. Grant "Can it bo possiblo that Hawkins is in love with that fat girl? Why, she weighs 300 at least." Hobbs "No; I don't believe he's in love; he's just infatuated." Boston Courier. She (in the art gallery) "I wonder if my hat is ou Btraigut ; everybody stares at me so." Ho "Naturally they do. You're tho most perfect picture here." And now tho cards aro out. Philadelphia Record. Mrs. McBrido (entering tho kitchen) "Bridget, didu't I sej that polioa mau kiss you?" Bridget "Well, mum, Buro an' yez wouldn't hev mo lay mesilf opin to nrrUt for resistiu' an officer, mum?" Harper's Bazar. Why does the poet look so sad? Why is his life n wreck? He always gets his poems back, And never gets a cheek. A correspondent of a ponltry jour nal asks: "Have hens euongh in stinct to distinguish between a roal egg and the porcelain coiintoifoit?" We think they have. A hen never lays a porcelain cgi. NorriBtowu Heruld. Commuter "What do you mean by Baying that that house is only fiv minutes from tho statiou? It's fifteen minutes if it's a secoud." Real Estuto Dealer "When I said live minutes I supposed you had a bicycle. "Bos ton Transcript. Smart "Whatever induced your nuclo to marry the widow of a mau who had been bunged?" Simpson "He has been married to widows bo fore, aud said ho wus tiro I ol haviug the virtues of former husbands tluug in his fuco. " Spare Moments. Husband (whoso wife has been reprov ing him for smokiug iu her presence) "You ofteu used to say before wo were married : 'OU George, I do so love tho odor of a good ui-ar. ' " Wife "Yes, that sort of thing is part of a young lady's capital. " Texas Sittings. "Do you believe," Mtid the iuquis; tivo man, "that tbeso poets who writo so exquisitely ubout Iho delights of eurly risiug ever tried it themselves?" "Certuiuly uot," replied tbo sluggard. "If tbey bud they would never havo written in that way ubout it." Wash ington Stur. "I huvocomoto ask for your daugh ter's huud, Mr. llerriek," said young Waller, nervously. "Oh, well, you cun't have it," suid Herrick. "I'm uot doling out my daughter on tho iu Btulmeut plan. When yui teel tbut you cuu support the whole girl, you muy cull aguiu." Harper's l!a.ur. "Doctor," asked the sic man, roll ing up his eyes till only the whites showed, "why is it that in tho days when I uto no melons except stolen ones they never bothered nio iu tho least, uud now that 1 um u muu uud buy my melons us an honest muu should, they tie me u; iu seven kiuds of knots?" ludiuuupolis Journal. Buss "Atulof which variety is your wife, tbo clingiug-viuo or tho self-assertive?'' Cuss --"A little of both. Wheu she wuuts a new dress or a new bonnet, she geuerully beius iu the eliugiug-viue role; if that doesn't briug the money, then she ehauges to the self-assertive, aud- well-.hoiu-vuriubly gets the dress or the bouuet,'1 - Boston Trauseript.
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